Chapter 11 Section 4 Redbeard is coming from the Northeast

It is said that there is a newspaper in Japan called "Asahi Daily". Since September 1914, this newspaper has begun to comprehensively report on the Japanese-German War in Qingdao. The report said that the Xu flag does not move, the ship is quiet, and the vegetation in Shandong knows its majesty.Under the command of Lieutenant Inoue, the Japanese frigate transported the marines to Qingdao. Captains Yamamoto, Kishikawa, and Terada led their troops to board small boats and planned to land on the seashore at the southern end of Longkou.Unexpectedly, after the small boat entered the water, the sea water suddenly receded. Seeing that there was no way to land, the Japanese soldiers were furious, and abandoned the boat into the water like locusts. "Chao Daily" said: "My emperor's spiritual power is enough to illuminate the territory of Shandong, and there is no limit to happiness and sincerity."

The Japanese landed in Qingdao and fought a decisive battle with the German soldiers, but the Chinese side did not get the slightest news.When we were anxious, a businessman came from Jiaozhou and reported that the people of Qingdao were in a stable mood. The original words were that the residents of Qingdao were very calm, and they were ready to accept any changes. The Japanese-German War officially kicked off in Qingdao, China.There is a "Continent News" in Shanghai. I don't know where to find a diary written by a German who participated in the war, which briefly describes the war.

At the beginning of the war, the Japanese captured Jimo with cavalry generals and scouts. This place was the place where Tian Dan set up a fire bull formation during the Warring States period.Then the Japanese Air Force took off and went straight to the German camp in Qingdao. When they got there, they looked down and saw German soldiers practicing on the playground, throwing bombs no matter how many.The bombs fell in trickles, but they didn't land on the playground, and only blew up a corner of the German soldiers' dormitory. The German soldiers were very angry and raised their guns to shoot into the air, and the Japanese plane flew away.

A few days later, the two sides officially exchanged fire.But the "Mainland Daily" stated that in fact, in this exchange of fire, the three families joined forces to beat up the German soldiers. which three? The Japanese are family, no doubt about it.The British also came. In fact, this was a small-scale conflict in China during the First World War. Without the British, this battle would not have been possible.And the third one is actually the Chinese soldiers. According to newspaper reports, the Chinese troops who participated in the war came from the Northeast, because these people just talk about what to do. They have a strong Northeast accent, so it is difficult to take them as Japanese.

These Chinese soldiers may be red beards hired by the Japanese from the Northeast, or they may not be. It is difficult to find out whether it is now, but they have already fought together. According to reports, two Japanese warships launched an offensive from the sea, and a British warship shouted and cheered.The Japanese are playing for real, but the British are symbolic, saying that they are also participating in the war, so the Germans mainly focus on the Japanese side of the war, and the two sides fought happily. After fighting for a few days, the two sides each raised a white flag and came out to search for the bodies of their vanguards who died in battle.Soldiers on both sides met on the battlefield and greeted each other affectionately: Hello, is there any smoke? Our side only has fire but no smoke... Both sides smoked, chatted, showed each other photos of their girlfriends, and then went back to the team.

Next came a report from Shanghai's "Shenzhen". The report said that the Japanese soldiers' military discipline was acceptable at the beginning, but as they fought, the group of red-bearded men with northeast accents began to make trouble.These people carried hundreds of small earthen cannons, and everyone wore short guns. They ran rampant, looted everywhere, and shot and killed people when they resisted.There are also legends that the Japanese guarded the gate of Jiaozhou County, only allowed to enter the city, not allowed to leave the city, the food in the city was cut off, and the people all starved to death.It was later discovered that the people did not all starve to death, but were ravaged too miserably.

All in all, Japan and Germany were at war in China, and both sides were extremely nervous.The Germans considered that there was only one way to deal with the Japanese, and that was to let China implement the imperial system. The Japanese are also thinking: There is only one way to deal with the Germans, and that is—that is still—to allow China to implement an imperial system. Then this thing is strange. The Germans think that China's imperial system is beneficial to Germany, while the Japanese believe that China's imperial system is beneficial to Japan.How is this considered?